Unintended Consequences of Central Planning

A Florida
couple, both well into their 80s, go to a sex therapist's office.

The doctor asks, 'What can I do for you?'

The man says,
'Will you watch us have sexual intercourse?'

The doctor raises
both eyebrows, but he is so amazed that such an elderly couple is asking for
sexual advice that he agrees.

When the couple finishes, the doctor says, 'There's
absolutely
nothing wrong with the way you have intercourse.' He thanks them for coming, he wishes them good luck, he
charges
them $50 and he says good bye.

The next week, the same couple returns and asks the sex
therapist to watch again. The sex therapist is a bit puzzled, but
agrees. This happens several weeks in a row. The couple makes an
appointment, has intercourse with no problems, pays the doctor, then
leaves.

Finally,
after 3 months of this routine, the doctor says, 'I'm sorry, but I have
to ask. Just what are you trying to find out?'

The man says, 'We're not
trying to find out
anything.

She's married; so we can't go to her house.I'm married; and we can't go to my house. The Holiday Inn charges $98.The Hilton charges $139.

We do it here for $50, and Medicare
pays $43 of it, leaving my net cost of $7.